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The Executioners Song Wikipedia. The Executioners Song. First edition cover. The Executioners Song Movie Download' title='The Executioners Song Movie Download' />Author. Norman Mailer. Country. United States. Language. English. Publisher. Little, Brown. Publication date. Media type. Print hardback paperbackThe Executioners Song 1. Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore for murder by the state of Utah. It was a finalist for the 1. National Book Award. The title of the book may be a play on The Lord High Executioners Song from Gilbert and Sullivans The Mikado. The Executioners Song is also the title of a poem by Mailer, published in Fuck You magazine in September 1. Cannibals and Christians 1. Notable for its portrayal of Gilmore and the anguish generated by the murders he committed, the book was central to the national debate over the revival of capital punishment by the Supreme Court. Gilmore was the first person to be executed in the United States since the re instatement of the death penalty in 1. Execution Watch with Ray Hill can be heard on KPFT 90. FM, in Galveston at 89. Windows Serial Key Extractor more. Livingston at 90. Huntsville at 89. Cheatbook your source for Cheats, Video game Cheat Codes and Game Hints, Walkthroughs, FAQ, Games Trainer, Games Guides, Secrets, cheatsbook. Share this Rating. Title The Executioners Song TV Movie 1982 7. Want to share IMDbs rating on your own site Use the HTML below. BackgroundeditIn April 1. Gilmore, age 3. 5, was released from prison after serving 1. Indiana. He was flown to Utah to live with his cousin Brenda Nicol, who agreed to be his sponsor and tried to help him find work. Gilmore soon met and became romantically involved with Nicole Baker, a 1. Despite his efforts to reform himself, Gilmore had a pattern of emotional volatility and self destructive behavior, resulting in fighting, stealing, and using drugs. After Nicole broke up with Gilmore in July, he murdered two men in two separate robberies on succeeding days. Gilmore was turned in by Brenda Nicol. He was convicted of murder at trial in September and sentenced to death. The execution was stayed on three occasions. Gilmore became a national media sensation after he fought to have his execution performed as soon as possible. He and Nicole agreed to a suicide pact that resulted in each of them suffering temporary comas in November. On January 1. American Civil Liberties Union in defiance of Gilmores wishes were rejected by the US Supreme Court, Gilmore was executed by the method he chose firing squad. He was the first person to be judicially executed in the United States since Luis Monge was executed in the Colorado gas chamber on June 2, 1. SummaryeditBased almost entirely on interviews with the family and friends of both Gilmore and his victims, the book is exhaustive in its approach. Divided into three sections, the book focuses on the events leading up to the murders and the trial and execution of Gilmore, including full documentation of Gilmores court appearances and his decision to demand his execution rather than to continue the appeals process. The first section of the book deals with Gilmores early life and his numerous detentions in juvenile crime facilities and, later, prison. It details his release some months prior to his first murder and the relationships he establishes during that time. The second section focuses more extensively on Gilmores trial, including his refusal to appeal his death sentence, his dealings with Lawrence Schiller and his attorneys continued fight on his behalf. Gilmores decision to dieeditIn interviews, Mailer discussed what motivated him to invest so much time interviewing everyone involved with Gary Gilmore. On one occasion, he said that Gilmore appealed to me because he embodied many of the themes Ive been living with all my lifelong. In another interview, he asserted that perhaps the most important theme of the book is that we have profound choices to make in life, and one of them may be the deep and terrible choice most of us avoid between dying now and saving ones soul. In his analysis of The Executioners Song, critic Mark Edmundson said thatfrom the point where Gilmore decides that he is willing to die, he takes on a certain dignity. Gilmore has developed something of a romantic faith. Gilmores effort, from about the time he enters prison, is to conduct himself so that he can die what he would himself credit as a good death. Film adaptationeditA screenplay was adapted from the book by its author, Norman Mailer. The 1. 98. 2 television movie starred Tommy Lee Jones, a role for which he won an Emmy. Eli Wallach, Pat Corley, Christine Lahti and Rosanna Arquette also starred, with the film being directed by Lawrence Schiller. The character Larry Samuels in the film represented him. ReferenceseditNational Book Awards 1. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 1. 4 January 2. Mc. Call, Cheryl January 1. Eight Women Caught in Gary Gilmores Tangled Web Await His Execution. People. Retrieved January 1. Robert Merrill, Mailers Sad Comedy The Executioners Song, Texas Studies in Literature and Language 3. Spring 1. 99. 2 1. JSTOR 4. 07. 54. 97. Michael Lennon, Conversations with Norman Mailer Oxford University of Mississippi Press, 1. Mark Edmundson, Romantic Self Creations Mailer and Gilmore in The Executioners Song, Contemporary Literature 3. Winter 1. 99. 0 4. JSTOR 1. 20. 83. 22Goodman, Walter November 2. Television Exploitation Colors The Executioners Song. New York Times.  See alsoedit.